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Jennifer Abbott (born January 8, 1965) is a Sundance and Genie award-winning film director, writer, editor, producer and sound designer who specializes in social justice and environmental documentaries.
“It was grief. I knew it well. And this time it was for the changing world around me.” - Jennifer Abbott. In Jennifer Abbott’s cinematic journey, the Sundance award-winning Director ( The Corporation) draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary.
Jennifer Abbott is a Genie and Sundance award winning filmmaker dedicated to filmmaking as art, philosophy and activism. She is best known as the Co-Director and Editor of THE CORPORATION (2003), still the top grossing and most awarded documentary in Canadian history also credited as one of the top ten films to inspire the Occupy movement.
Nov 8, 2021 · Magnitude’s famed director, Jennifer Abbott, recounts intimate stories from her own life that are as impactful as ones on a global scale. In doing so, Abbott makes it impossible not to shed tears over the loss of life that has occurred and will continue to occur.
Nov 26, 2020 · Looking closer, it’s not snow at all but ash from a nearby forest fire along British Columbia’s coast. This is the opening shot of Jennifer Abbott’s Magnitude of All Things, one of the filmmaker’s latest projects and her most personal to date.
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary.
Dec 3, 2021 · Jennifer Abbott is a Sundance and Genie award-winning filmmaker dedicated to filmmaking as art, philosophy and activism. She is best known as the Co-Director and Editor of THE CORPORATION, still the top grossing and most awarded documentary in Canadian history and credited as one of the top ten films to inspire Occupy Wall Street.
Inspired by her grief over the loss of her sister, Saille, and the changing world around her, director Jennifer Abbott tells a story of personal and planetary grief in her new film. Photo: The Magnitude of All Things. This article is more than 3 years old.
Mar 20, 2021 · Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and the relationship between grief and hope in times of personal and planetary change.
Jennifer Abbott is a Sundance and Genie award-winning filmmaker who has been making films about urgent social, political and environmental issues for 25 years. She is best known as one of the Directors and Editor of The Corporation, frequently described as the most successful documentary in Canadian history.
